Provisional Programme-IANLS Vacation School:
7-9th July 2016, Venice, Italy
'Neo-Latin Studies Today: tools, trends and methodologies'
Thursday 7 July 2016
1.45pm: Registration
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'Neo-Latin Anthologies and Canon Formation' (Marc Laureys)
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Neo-Latin: chronological, geographical, and social perspectives (round table) (reading list to follow)
Opening reception
Friday 8 July 2016
Common ground: Working with Renaissance and Early Modern Latin (tools, databases,
methodologies)
9.00-10am: "Sources I"
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'The Role of Early Printed Books in Neo-Latin Culture' (Craig Kallendorf)
10.15-12.30pm: "Sources II”
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'Working with Dictionaries' (Johann Ramminger)
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'Translating Neo-Latin Texts' (Ingrid De Smet)
2.30-4pm: round table / site visit (possibly to the Marciana Library, tbc later)
5-7pm: discussion with participants regarding reading materials / deliver position papers
Saturday 9 July 2016
Bridging the divide: across disciplines, across national paradigms
9-1.30pm: presentations/discussion with
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'Imitation as a pedagogical tool and/or as a Neo-Latin writer's working method' (Raija Sarasti-Wilenius)
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'Contributions of Medical Humanism to Renaissance Latin: Tradition and Modernity' (Teresa Santamaría
Hernández)
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'Writing regional histories of Neo-Latin literature - current and future problems' (Florian Schaffenrath)
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'The Beginnings of Hungarian Humanism: the Networks of Janus Pannonius (A Case Study)' (Enikő
Békés)
Moving on: professional development
2.30pm-5pm:
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career progression - applying for funding / career development / writing a book proposal (Ingrid De Smet
and others) (more details to follow)
5-7.30pm: Free time
7.30pm: Vacation School dinner (participants & speakers)
Sunday 10 July 2016
Participants depart according to own arrangements